Last year's Broadway Bears auction raised $127,210 for BC/EFA, the nation's leading industry based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. A bear dressed as Happy End's Lieutenant Lillian Holiday brought in the most funds for BC/EFA, $22,000. (A Producers bear had held the record, bringing in $16,000 in 2002.)

For more information about Broadway Bears VIII or to make reservations for the event, call BC/EFA, (212) 840-0770, ext. 268. Visit the BC/EFA website at www.broadwaycares.org to view all of the bears up for auction.